100 Frightening Cyber Security Statistics and Facts (2018)

Here are the more interesting cyber security statistics and facts I have been able to dig up so far. As always, I will be adding to and updating this list periodically as I come across new stats. Be sure to check back often for the latest numbers.

There are few issues facing business leaders today that pose a bigger risk than cybercrimes. Where cybersecurity was once seen as unnecessary or reactionary measures you take after an incident has occurred, businesses have woken up over the past few years and are getting much more proactive about locking down their networks and securing their data.

Cyber security is on the cusp of becoming a booming industry. I recently sat down to see what I could dig up for cyber security statistics. What I found amazed (and scared) me…

Cyber Security Statistics and Facts

Reported number of Yahoo accounts that were hacked in the largest data breach in history:

Estimated number of PCs that are unknowingly mining cryptocurrency:

Worst online password of 2017:

Second- worst password of 2017:

This report contains all of the most recent cyber security statistics I have been able to dig up; 100 of them including stats on:

The overall magnitude and cost of data breaches

Industry data

US government cybersecurity protection and spending stats

Business attitudes and spending on cyber security

Attitudes towards passwords

Cyber insurance stats

Etc.- all in one place

I try to go through each and every stat regularly and update as much as possible, but we all know that some stats are easier to track down than others. As always, every stat is linked to its original source and has the source date listed.

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Please note that some of these stats may come from news reports and not official company tallies. No information contained on DMR should be relied upon to make investment decisions. Basically, this is the best I can find, but I don’t guarantee anything to be 100%.